Interior Architecture

OhioUniversity

HCIA 202, Spring 2010

Grover Center W327

MW 1:10-5:00

Projectsfor HCIA 202 Spring 2010

Designingrequires the ability to 'create', or come up with, or give form to, the visual,built world around us. How is thisdone? Is it a total mystery?  No. There are approaches, methods, systems of thought and actionthat lead to or result in visual, buildable, objects and spaces.

Thedesign explorations undertaken in this studio are concerned with fourconceptual beginning points, each of which will be the subject of yourindividual design work. Each ofthese beginning points can be used as a method for creating visual designelements, spaces and objects.

Therewill be four projects this quarter. Each project will be increasingly complex, and elements of the previousproject will be used in the next project.

The fourconceptual beginning points are:

I.  Geometry

II.  Nature

III.  Fabrication

IV.  Universal Design

Each ofthese represent entire worlds of exploration that lie at the very heart of whatdesigning environments for human beings is about.

II.  Nature Project Nature Slide Show

One and AHalf Weeks

Form-z

Projectdue: Monday, April 26, 1:10 pm

(bio-mimicry)

Selectfive (5) organic, natural, objects/creatures.

Visuallyanalyze the selected pieces, in plan, section, and elevation.

You areto draw these using Form z.

A Form zmodel contains within it a plan, a vertical section, and an elevation, alongwith the 3-d volumetric perspective images.

Identifyshapes, patterns, elements and structures that makeup the piece, or that arerepeated within the piece (like the repeated leaves of a flower, or the repeatedhexagons of a bee hive).

Use theseto create architectural objects, planes, volumes.

You areto create ten (10) separate, designed, items. You are to create these, and present these, using Form z forthree-d models, plan, vertical section, and elevation views.

Selectfrom this list the items you create:

            tables,chairs, walls, storage systems, entire rooms, light fixtures, or singlefunction one person 'pods'

            that could be used for meditation or sleeping.

Thedesigned items you create are to have a clear visual, and constructional,relationship to the natural object used as precedent.

The waysthat this can be achieved are basically either to 'transform' the naturalobject into the item you are designing, or to use the natural objects as a kitof parts, providing the actual shapes and relationships of parts to whole inyour designed item. The naturalobjects cannot be simply made larger.

Forexample, a bird's nest cannot simply be made 10 feet wide and called abed. By making a 'manmade',designed, object, the natural item is left behind, and the new item enters theworld as a useful human environmental addition.

The tendesigned items are to be presented digitally (slide show, movie, etcetera). The images presented mustinclude written descriptions of the materials, the function of the piece, thesize and if possible, the weight of the piece.

Thisproject will be evaluated using these criteria:

Is thework interesting?

Is thework understandable as a design interpretation, or transformation?

Is thework well crafted?

Is thework well presented?